Sack holder



April 7, 1931. c. E.,SCHINDLER SACK HOLDER Filed July 15, 1922 PatentedApr. 7, 1931 UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN n. son mnrnn, or BARNESVILIIIE,MINNESOTA SACK HOLDER Application filed July 15,. 1929. Serial no.378,496.

This invention relates to sack holders, one of the objects being toprovide an efficient device of this character which will hold sacks ofdifierent sizes with their upper ends open so that material can bedirected readily into the sacks.

Another object is to provide a holder for use with sacks of differentsizes and which will hold the sack taut at its open end.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawingsthe preferred forms of the invention havebeen shown.

In said drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of theholder,

a sack being shown supported thereby.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the holder, portionsbeing broken away.

Figure 3 is a section through the holder on line 33,-Figure 1, the hooksbeing shown in engagement with the sack.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of one of the hooks.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a slightly modified structure. v

Referring tothe figures by characters of reference, 1 designates a baseon which are mounted standards 2 each having a longitudinali series ofapertures 3. Each standard is adjustably engaged by an inverted yoke 4the sides ofwhich are heldto the standards by bolts 5 insertable throughany'of the apertures 3. Thus the yoke can be held at any desireddistance from the base. I

The intermediate or top portion of the yoke is straight and haslongitudinal series 6 of apertures. Connected to any of the apertures ofeach series are plates 7 each of which has an arm 8 terminating in adownsizes;

formed with two or moreapertures 10 for Y the reception of bolts usedfor holding the plates to the yoke; Obviously by providing the series ofapertures 6 these hooks 9 can be adjusted toward or from each other toadapt them for use with sacks of different 'Pivotally mountedfon the topof the yoke near one end thereof is a holding arm 11 provided at itsfree end with a hook 12. The bolt 13 used for attaching this arm to theyoke .is adapted to be inserted into any of the apertures 6; A spring 14is attached to the arm at a point between its ends and is also attachedto a bracket 15 extendingfrom-one side of the yoke 4. This spring servesto hold the arm 11 normally pressed against a stop finger 16 attached toand extending upwardly from the yoke.

Another holding arm 17 is attached to the top of the yoke at that sideremote from the arm 11. This arm 17 has a hook 18 at its free end whileits other endis attached to the yoke by a bolt 19. It is preferred tohave the attached end of the arm straddle the top of apertures 6 so thatarm 17 can thus be ad justed toward or from the arm 11.

In practice the holder is adjusted vertically to adapt it to a bag of apredetermined length. The arms 11 and 17 and the hooks 9 are thenadjusted toward or from each other to adapt the device to the size ofthe open top of the sack. Thereafter the bag is 1 placed in engagementwith the hook 18 .and the hook 9 at one side of the yoke following whichthe opposite portions of the sack are u placed in engagement with theother hook 9 and the hook 12. Spring 14, by pulling on the arm 11, willhold the outer portion of the sack taut at its open end so that materialcan "thus be directed readily into the sack.

Instead of arranging the spring 14 as shown in Figure 1, the arm 21which corresponds with arm 11 can be formed with an extension 22projecting beyond the pivot 23. Spring 24 can be attached to theextension and to the yoke 25 so as to pull on the extension and thus actto maintain the open end of the sack taut.

What is claimed is:

5 A sack holder including an inverted yoke adjustably mounted, therebeing longitudinal series .ofapertures therein, sack-engaging hooksarranged in ,p'airs, means supporting the hooks of one pair foradjustable engage- 10 ment with the apertured portions of the yoke,means carrying=the hooks ofthe other pair for adjustable engagement withthe apertured portion, the hooks of one of the pairs being pivotallymounted, aistop on the yoke 15 for said pivotally mounted hooks, andyieldingimeanstfonholding onefof-sai'd'hooksmorsmallyzpulledvawayfYOmnthQCOthBI hook'of-the :same ipair, all of the hooks cooperating forengaging xthe respentive zeorner E'POltiODS of a 20 sack tobevsupported.

.-In testimonytthat I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoa-flixed my signature.

CHRISTIAN SGHINDLER.

